[Qgis-user] Fwd: "Normal" mdb support possible for "normal" people?

[Johan Nilsson]

Okey. I'm new to database use i GIS and have only used file database that
ESRI recommend. But if mdb are a propretarian and only work well with MS
access, how can it then be highly portable?

2012/9/22 Andre Joost <andre+joost at nurfuerspam.de>

> Am 22.09.2012 09:17, schrieb Johan Nilsson:
>
>
>  There is another thing with 'Personal geodatabase' and that is that ESRI
>> don't recommend to use it in their documentation because it slow and get
>> really slow if they are bigger and the absolute size are limited.
>>
>
> Yes, that's true. Spatial index will not be possible on MDBs (as well as
> on spataialite). But MS Access is widely spread, so a connection would be
> highly appreciated. And MDBs are easily portable (again, as well as
> spatialite). Thats a great advantage to Postgis.
>
> Greetings,
> Andre Joost
>
>
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